The Southeastern Foot Trails Coalition (SEFTC) seeks to promote and
protect the long-distance foot trails in the Southeast and to connect trails
and their natural trail corridors by building a regional trail system and an
active network of hiking organizations.

SEFTC began as an experiment in its first meeting in the early 1990's at
Unicoi State Park in Georgia. It was soon made a formal organization growing
out of a joint grant as a “first” regional hiking organization with funding
for an executive director and office for five years provided by the American
Hiking Society and the National Park Service. That grant has since expired,
and we have been able to continue on our own through programs and projects
provided since entirely by volunteers. The biennial meetings have continued
faithfully ever since, moving around several southeastern states.

SEFTC became incorporated in North Carolina in 2012 and
secured the Internal Revenue Service 501(c)3 status in 2014.